Peter Garbutt
@petergarbutt.bsky.social
I'm 73, happily married. Vegan. I'm a dad and a grandad. Sheffield, UK.
Climate catastrophe. Civilisational collapse.
Degrowth will help. Sustainable communities will help. Sortition will help.
But capitalism won't, Political Parties won't, the media won't
Climate catastrophe. Civilisational collapse.
Degrowth will help. Sustainable communities will help. Sortition will help.
But capitalism won't, Political Parties won't, the media won't
Pinned
Much though my heart cries out to donate to Palestinians on this platform desperate for food, I'm a pensioner and have a limited income. I give to a charity, and I join protests and vigils to show my solidarity with you.
Your plight often brings me to tears, I feel helpless.
Your plight often brings me to tears, I feel helpless.
Septle - The Seven Letter Wordle
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November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They‘re the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Farage” Carole Cadwalladr 👇
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They‘re the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Farage” Carole Cadwalladr 👇
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If we don't, we face far worse climate and ecological chaos.
We'll suffer huge losses.
We'll still need to zero-out emissions in disruptively rapid ways.
We'll still need a society-defining climate response.
But those undertakings won't buy nearly as many people a viable future.
We'll suffer huge losses.
We'll still need to zero-out emissions in disruptively rapid ways.
We'll still need a society-defining climate response.
But those undertakings won't buy nearly as many people a viable future.
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If we don't, we face far worse climate and ecological chaos.
We'll suffer huge losses.
We'll still need to zero-out emissions in disruptively rapid ways.
We'll still need a society-defining climate response.
But those undertakings won't buy nearly as many people a viable future.
We'll suffer huge losses.
We'll still need to zero-out emissions in disruptively rapid ways.
We'll still need a society-defining climate response.
But those undertakings won't buy nearly as many people a viable future.
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Triage and managed retreat, supported mass-relocation, and unprecedented investments in ruggedization to protect what still can be protected will be needed now at scale, even if we experience a climate emissions breakthrough.
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Triage and managed retreat, supported mass-relocation, and unprecedented investments in ruggedization to protect what still can be protected will be needed now at scale, even if we experience a climate emissions breakthrough.
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There are all sorts of development programs that can be non-adaptive, or even increase vulnerability; worsening climate brittleness is unfolding in all sort of ways that can only be checked at local and regional levels by massive investments of resources.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There are all sorts of development programs that can be non-adaptive, or even increase vulnerability; worsening climate brittleness is unfolding in all sort of ways that can only be checked at local and regional levels by massive investments of resources.
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The statement "climate adaptation is indistinguishable from efforts to improve human welfare" is the sign that someone does not understand the magnitude of the planetary crisis we face — or how human systems actually work within the context of the climate and biosphere.
Now #TheAtlantic (www.yahoo.com/news/article...) is platforming #BjornLomborg-style soft climate denial ("it's too late", "we should just adapt") in its defense of @billgates.bsky.social widely-criticized (see www.theguardian.com/environment/...) & misguided (thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...) memo:
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The statement "climate adaptation is indistinguishable from efforts to improve human welfare" is the sign that someone does not understand the magnitude of the planetary crisis we face — or how human systems actually work within the context of the climate and biosphere.
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I don’t understand. Sarah Kendzior is suspended for a post which violates community guidelines. Bsky won’t tell anyone, including her, which post. No transparency. Just blind trust in an obviously faulty system. They will just disappear anyone for nothing and we just have to accept that? No thanks
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I don’t understand. Sarah Kendzior is suspended for a post which violates community guidelines. Bsky won’t tell anyone, including her, which post. No transparency. Just blind trust in an obviously faulty system. They will just disappear anyone for nothing and we just have to accept that? No thanks
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Epsteingate is the tip of the iceberg — and the beginning of the end for Trump.
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Epsteingate is the tip of the iceberg — and the beginning of the end for Trump.
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This puts the "solar farm is spoiling the view where I walk my dogs" complaints into perspective
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This puts the "solar farm is spoiling the view where I walk my dogs" complaints into perspective
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The IEA has brought back the Current Policies Scenario (CPS) in the World Energy Outlook (WEO).
I think this will be useful. Fossil CO2 emissions keep rising, when they should be falling. It is time to admit that. So I hope the CPS can help address this issue.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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I think this will be useful. Fossil CO2 emissions keep rising, when they should be falling. It is time to admit that. So I hope the CPS can help address this issue.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The IEA has brought back the Current Policies Scenario (CPS) in the World Energy Outlook (WEO).
I think this will be useful. Fossil CO2 emissions keep rising, when they should be falling. It is time to admit that. So I hope the CPS can help address this issue.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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I think this will be useful. Fossil CO2 emissions keep rising, when they should be falling. It is time to admit that. So I hope the CPS can help address this issue.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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It's perhaps more understandable that people in the American Southwest are facing water shortage than that we've managed our water here on a rainy island so spectacularly badly we too are facing water scarcity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How England’s outdated water tracking system leaves regulators in the dark
Experts warn accurately monitoring consumption by bulk users such as farmers, datacentres and businesses can be all but impossible
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's perhaps more understandable that people in the American Southwest are facing water shortage than that we've managed our water here on a rainy island so spectacularly badly we too are facing water scarcity.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The only ones who can save us from this global shitshow...are ourselves.
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The only ones who can save us from this global shitshow...are ourselves.
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This graphic shows that only 6% of methane leaks from oil and gas are leaks (aka "fugitive emissions"). The rest are intentional and just part of standard operating procedure in the industry.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This graphic shows that only 6% of methane leaks from oil and gas are leaks (aka "fugitive emissions"). The rest are intentional and just part of standard operating procedure in the industry.
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Due to Keir Starmer’s team playing an absolute blinder today with this leadership nonsense. We’ve missed a Reform councillor calling children in care, ‘evil’.
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Due to Keir Starmer’s team playing an absolute blinder today with this leadership nonsense. We’ve missed a Reform councillor calling children in care, ‘evil’.
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Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
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NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
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In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
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"Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record, reaching 0.27 [0.2–0.4] °C per decade over 2015–2024."
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateEmergency
Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
Abstract. In a rapidly changing climate, evidence-based decision-making benefits from up-to-date and timely information. Here we compile monitoring datasets (published at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenod...
essd.copernicus.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record, reaching 0.27 [0.2–0.4] °C per decade over 2015–2024."
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateEmergency
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'the abandoned paper mill was actually a deeply contaminated and highly radioactive former frack waste treatment plan'
Hard to overstate the enduring filth released by fossil fuel extraction
Hard to overstate the enduring filth released by fossil fuel extraction
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
'the abandoned paper mill was actually a deeply contaminated and highly radioactive former frack waste treatment plan'
Hard to overstate the enduring filth released by fossil fuel extraction
Hard to overstate the enduring filth released by fossil fuel extraction
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"Produced water", brimming with salt + chemicals, rises with oil + gas, then gets shot back underground by injection wells. The contaminants it contains turn up in people's wells + on farmland.
It's happening more often @grist.org explores why:
grist.org/accountabili...
It's happening more often @grist.org explores why:
grist.org/accountabili...
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Produced water", brimming with salt + chemicals, rises with oil + gas, then gets shot back underground by injection wells. The contaminants it contains turn up in people's wells + on farmland.
It's happening more often @grist.org explores why:
grist.org/accountabili...
It's happening more often @grist.org explores why:
grist.org/accountabili...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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